2340 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Tarsus (Female head/Ares) (Baldwin, 34, Oct. 2003, 141)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2340

400 BCE - 380 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1764_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Tarsus Female head-Ares.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Baldwin, 34, 13 Oct. 2003, 141

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles and BA:FE. All within an dotted incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Aspendus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pamphylia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8510.85 g <br />10,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 138-139, n° 4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 209, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4525, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 57, Tekin 20004Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 3, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 138-139, n° 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head turned slightly left, wearing earring and necklace.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Legend in Aramaic Male head (Ares?) left, wearing Crested Attic helmet (visible on the obverse: traces (locks of hair) below the feet of the wrestlers).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Tarsus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cilicia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Persian Empire, Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC), Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 373 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG Copenhagen Lycaonia-Cilicia6SNG Copenhagen Lycaonia-Cilicia, n° 281-294, SNG von Aulock Kilikien7SNG von Aulock Kilikien, n° 5936-5942, SNG France 28SNG France 2, n° 258-273, Moysey 19869Moysey 1986, Issue 4
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames satrap tarsus moysey 1986 4

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"trace of undertype (SNG Paris 57)" (nb: problem of chronology)

References

^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
^ Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
^ Tekin, Oguz (2000), "Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach", in: Casabonne, Olivier (ed), Mecanismes et innovations monetaires dans l'Anatolie achemenide : numismatique et histoire : actes de la table ronde internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, Institut français d'etudes antoliennes d'Istanbul, p.159-169, pl. 27-28
^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.
^ Breitenstein, Neils (1956), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 34, Lycaonia-Cilicia.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Kilikien. 13 Heft (n° 5413-6098), Berlin, 1966.
^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.
^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.